Chapter 1107: Another 5,000 yuan in the account

The deckhands on the side were all itching to try. Those whose turn it was couldn't wait to put on equipment on themselves.

"It's our turn... we'll just go down and see what it's like underwater..."

"Take it off fast, dawdling, I'm still waiting to go into the water..."

"What's the rush? There are still many lines behind, all to be collected, right?"

Ye Yaodong said affirmatively: "All to be collected. Collect them all together, no need to wait until evening."

Just now, I thought half a day had passed, and there were fish schools at the bottom, so I tried collecting one to see the situation. The rest were to be determined.

Now looking at 90% full hooks, what else is there to be dissatisfied with? Definitely collect them quickly, no need to wait until evening when it's dark.

The biting rate is so high, collecting them early can also avoid the long placement time and the fish running away.

"Be careful when collecting. Wear gloves. Others also have two pairs of pliers in their hands, lest they get bitten."

"No, this fish dies as soon as it comes out of the water."

"Not that absolute."

If the speed of collecting is fast, the activity is still very strong. Some might not have had time to explode yet. At this time, if you are in a hurry to use your hands, it is very likely to counterattack temporarily and be bitten by its sharp teeth.

"Click, click, click, so many. One fishing line hung with five or six. When could you see one line catching so many in the past? It's not bad for one fishing line to come up with one, and there are quite a few empty hooks."

"This basket is almost full again..."

"Place it neatly, don't destroy the quality..." Ye Yaodong exhorted.

"Know it. We all code it neatly. Even folding quilts isn't folded this neatly..."

"Sigh, you still fold quilts? I guess you haven't folded quilts in your life..."

"Then I also code it neatly. Whether we eat meat or drink soup tomorrow depends on these ribbonfish."

Ye Yaodong laughed and cooperated with them, "Continue to eat meat tomorrow. Big harvest today. Buy another 10 jin of meat tomorrow."

"Good, haha... can eat meat again..."

"Everyone work hard. Adong said buy another 10 jin of meat tomorrow, continue to eat meat..."

Everyone was enthusiastic, not just because of the extra meal, being able to eat better, mainly because they had been fishermen for so many years and hadn't seen longline fishing being able to play like this, and being able to have such a high cargo rate. This was also the joy of a bountiful harvest.

After one main line was collected, others were also carrying baskets there to estimate the weight.

One main line with 500 hooks, 90% cargo, some could even load two, and more, head-to-tail connected ones could even load three.

Everyone carried the baskets in their hands and estimated. Seven or eight baskets together could have six or seven hundred jin. Mainly, these ribbonfish were all very large. There were no small ones. Each was nearly one meter, and the meat was thick. Just holding it in the hand was over one jin.

One whole basket carried out, the size was about the same, shining with waves.

There was also half a basket of poor quality, mainly because the tail was bitten. There were also thirty or forty, although the price was discounted, it could also sell for money.

Ye Yaodong thought about carrying it back for others to share when it was carried back, no need to sell it. They were all fellow villagers who came out, all knew each other, and they had to keep some to eat themselves. The meal consumption of 30 people every day was also huge.

"Didn't bring enough ice cubes when going out to sea today. Didn't know we could catch so many. When you carry it to the fish hold to spread it, use it sparingly."

"Know it. Anyway, it's not many hours before we go back. The freshness is definitely enough."

"Yes."

"Bring the basket over, collected again..."

The second line was also hooked and pulled up. Everyone also immediately divided the work and cooperated. Some moved the ones on the deck to the fish hold, and some rolled up their sleeves and followed to collect fish.

Ye Yaodong turned and walked to the other side of the boat, watching Ah Guang and them collecting cargo on the other side.

On the opposite boat, everyone was also full of joy and smiles. At this time, who cared about the scattered jellyfish floating on the sea surface? All attention was on the ribbonfish. Various discussions and arguments came over, and they knew everyone was very excited.

"Adong, are you going to collect them all?"

"Yes, collect them all. One fishing line is hung with so many ribbonfish. If you don't collect them now, what are you keeping them for? Some have already run away. Collecting them early can also save them from running away."

"We also want to collect them all. Too many. Didn't expect it to be so easy to fish."

"Ours is called precise delivery, all thrown into the pile of fish schools, not just randomly fished. You are also collecting the second line, right? How many jin did you collect from the first line?"

"About six or seven hundred jin. Some surfaces were bitten, and there are also some. You?"

"Also about the same."

Ah Guang said with a full face of regret: "It's a pity. We bought few materials yesterday, and the fishing lines made were also few, only half of yours. After I collect these, I will go back early to buy more materials, do more at night, and come tomorrow."

"Good. The quantity of jellyfish floating up today is obviously more. It's estimated that it won't take two days before we have to stop."

"See."

Ye Yaodong looked at their collection process. The hook rate was no different. A whole main line was pulled up, and the fish hooks on the fishing lines below were all bright ribbonfish. There were few empty hooks, and everyone was full of smiles.

He watched for a while, and returned to his side to watch everyone collect cargo. Everyone on his boat was also gathered there chatting.

Don't know when his father would come back from trawling. If he came back, he would also have to tell his father to buy more materials. Taking advantage of these two days, he could still fish a bit. Spending more money was also worth it.

The income was much higher than the payment.

Now one longline collected six or seven hundred jin. 10 lines were six or seven thousand jin. If 1 jin was 0.3 or 0.4 yuan as a base, it was over two thousand yuan. Plus sea urchins!

Sea urchins could also collect about 5,000 jin, and could also sell for a thousand yuan.

Earned a fortune!

Better not have the jellyfish peak season?

Ye Yaodong calculated casually, and his heart was hot. Too profitable. Before coming, he fantasized about earning so much in a day, just fantasizing about earning it from jellyfish. Didn't expect that before seeing jellyfish, he had already earned so much.

"Adong, did you ask how much ribbonfish was yesterday?"

"Only said to look at the size. If the individual is larger and the meat is thicker, it's over 0.3, but didn't specifically say net ribbonfish or fishing ribbonfish. My father didn't ask clearly either. When we dock to sell cargo later, don't take all the cargo out first. Move a basket to inquire about the price first."

The deckhand on the side interrupted, "Definitely more than 0.3. In the past, net ribbonfish with larger individuals could sell for so much. Ours today is fishing ribbonfish with complete quality and large individuals. It can definitely sell for more money."

"Yes, 0.4 or 0.5 definitely has it. Large fishing ribbonfish are very expensive. Can't be cheated by locals."

"Have to ask more..."

"Can this line be collected?"

"Not yet. There are more fish hung on the hooks, so collecting is slower. It's not that fast. It's estimated that it will take more than two or three hours to collect all. And some floats are drifting a bit far. Have to wait for them underwater to come up and steer the boat over to collect."

Ye Yaodong nodded. He knew this, "Wait for them to come down for the next wave and shift the position, and by the way, change the position to salvage sea urchins."

"By the way, salvage the jellyfish on the sea surface. It hasn't been long, and looking at it, dozens have floated up again. Before, our boat couldn't move, and they were all salvaged by Old Pei's side. We also have to salvage some later."

"Yes, can't let them all benefit others..."

"Go cook something to eat first. Not going back at noon. Fortunately, everything is prepared on the boat. Eat full and continue to work."

He didn't bring all the deckhands out today, just brought half, and left half to watch the house. His father also brought two when going out to sea to trawl at night. Really didn't need so many people to do things.

Maybe he could bring two small boats out tomorrow to pick up jellyfish here, which would also save their people on the boat from being distracted to salvage. Even if the mosquito legs were small, they were meat. Sweeping up all these scattered things could also sell for dozens.

Everyone on the boat was collecting ribbonfish in an orderly manner, just without the initial surprise, becoming calm. Occasionally seeing two or three head-to-tail connected ones would make them click their tongues.

And the people salvaging sea urchins at the bottom were also taking turns constantly. After taking turns once, their longlines were only half collected.

And when it was his and Ah Guang's turn, they also went underwater, and by the way, also looked at the special scene of longlines hanging hooks underwater.

Clearly floating in the trench, holding iron claws and constantly collecting sea urchins, letting them fall into the net, but suddenly the white ribbon not far below them tumbled and floated.

A string of rippling ribbonfish rose into the air right near them, a long strip, a large area, neatly and orderly.

Although not beside them, they could also see the tails of the ribbonfish swinging in the water until they were far away and could not be seen.

They kept watching until they disappeared before continuing to catch sea urchins.

During the period, there were also a few small fish swimming past them. Sometimes the two also had itchy hands. When they saw them, they would also rub them, making the fish panic and dodge immediately.

A jellyfish also rose from under Ye Yaodong. After he saw it, he even dodged to the side, and then held the iron claw and wanted to poke its large umbrella, but it reacted immediately, dodged to the side one step ahead, and then contracted its umbrella part and sank to the bottom of the trench.

Ye Yaodong looked in surprise at the jellyfish that was originally going to float up, but because of his actions, it sank to the bottom of the water again.

Although jellyfish have no eyes and ears, cannot hear the sound of enemies, and cannot see the shape of enemies, they can quickly avoid strong enemies.

This is because there are small fish and small shrimp acting as its "ears and eyes". They are called "jellyfish shrimp" and "jade pomfret".

Their size is very small, usually living around the jellyfish's mouth and arms, using the jellyfish as a protective umbrella.

When an enemy approaches, these small fish and small shrimp, like clever ghosts, immediately hide in the jellyfish's mouth and arms. The jellyfish receives the "report", immediately contracts its umbrella part and sinks into the seawater to avoid risk.

Sure enough, you can't have itchy hands. Lost one, this size was also very large.

He glanced at the bottom. That jellyfish didn't float back to the sea hook, but was swinging back and forth in the trench, and then floated to a place far away from them.

This time he didn't have itchy hands anymore, and honestly salvaged. If there were jellyfish appearing beside him, he just dodged, letting people float to the sea surface steadily.

Not to mention, the frequency of jellyfish floating up in the afternoon was much larger than in the morning.

After the two filled the net and floated up, Pei Fu's side had already collected almost all the longlines, while his side was only half collected.

After Ah Guang climbed onto the deck and knew, he called his father to go back first, inquire about the price from a few more families before selling, and he stayed here to help salvage first. By the way, he also exhorted his father to buy more materials back, so he could fish more tomorrow.

"If you do more materials, you have to steer the Fengshou out tomorrow. This boat has no fish hold, the cargo is all piled on the deck and sun-dried, and there are some jellyfish cargo, plus several baskets of longlines collected, all have no place to put feet, and we can't turn around."

"Then steer the Fengshou out. This boat can still be steered to trawl."

"Also fine. Yesterday I thought the same as my in-law, did it a bit denser, bought materials for ten, but the hooks were all piled on two. Later, I bought quite a few hooks again. The rope had quite a bit left. Wait for me to go back and supplement the hooks."

Ye Yaodong also interrupted and asked, "Pei Shu's side has all been collected. Is there an estimate of how many jin?"

"3,000-plus jin? All piled on this deck. The sun is too hot. We have no fish hold here, and the ice cubes bought are few, so we can only hurry and send them back."

"Then you go back one step first. My cargo here hasn't been collected yet. Wait until it's collected before going back."

"Then I'll go back to sell cargo first, and also inquire about the price in advance. When you go back, you only need to sell directly."

"Good. Believe Shu can definitely sell for a good price."

"Then we'll go back first."

In recent days, they have been trawling and selling cargo there. The locals have seen it in their eyes, and can still chat with them about the cargo situation, and can still say two sentences about what cargo and what price.

After Pei Fu steered the boat away, this position only had their one boat floating there. Ye Yaodong and Ah Guang also sat on the ground shirtless at the same time, watching those deckhands collect ribbonfish one by one and code them neatly in the baskets.

"Adong, how many jin have you collected?"

"About the same as you? Collected at the same time. You collected, we are also about half."

"Should have done more yesterday. At that time, I thought you had many people and did it fast, so you could do more. We had few people, so we did less. Your quantity is twice mine. Can you collect six or seven thousand jin today?"

"Should have."

"Earned big."

"You are also the same, didn't earn less. Do more for two days to subsidize the gap these few days."

"Those people are all complaining there, saying they came early..."

"Don't worry about them. Already said you can choose not to follow. When earning money, you are happy. When you don't earn money, you talk idle."

"You say, those cousins of yours were left behind on the coast, no one took them over. Will they directly expose this place later?"

"They don't dare."

Ye Yaodong still had confidence in this. They couldn't bear the anger of the fellow villagers. If they really did this stupid thing, they would be squeezed out immediately, and there would be no good fruit to eat when they went back.

"However, it probably doesn't need them to expose this place. The locals will discover it. As long as we bring back a large quantity of cargo for a few days, we will be targeted by the locals. Probably... maybe it doesn't need a few days? Originally we were eye-catching enough."

"Also. Probably doesn't need them to expose, we were followed by the locals. Looks like there will be a hard battle in a few days."

"Yes, Chen Jianian and them are estimated to be here in these one or two days. The factory started work today."

"Don't know how many people they have on their side."

"Don't know." Ye Yaodong shook his head, no way to guess.

Speak of Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrives.

At dusk, when they finished collecting ribbonfish and also caught the point of the sun setting, when they finished work and returned, they really saw a large pile of trawlers parked at the pier, at least twenty or thirty.

And the locals on the shore were discussing again, saying that another large group of outsiders had come.

When they docked to go ashore, there were even local fishermen pulling them to ask if it was their accomplices who came to catch jellyfish again?

Ye Yaodong answered uniformly that he didn't know. The people he brought here had all been here for a few days, and he definitely wasn't salvaging around the coast. They had all gone out to catch fish in the past few days.

After speaking, he didn't care about the locals' discussion, and first went to find his father who was waiting on the shore, inquiring about which family to sell the ribbonfish to.

When Ye Fu trawled back, he went around to the trench to check the harvest. Originally, he wanted to wait to come back together, but Ye Yaodong let him come back one step first to sell cargo, and by the way, let him inquire from Pei Fu which family the ribbonfish were sold to and how much money they sold for.

So Ye Fu was also waiting here specifically, just waiting for them to come back and lead them to sell cargo.

And the one collecting sea urchins and the one collecting ribbonfish were really not the same family.

However, when they first carried the sea urchins to weigh, and then carried the ribbonfish ashore, the family collecting sea urchins also hurriedly stopped him and gave the same price.

Ye Yaodong thought that one thing shouldn't bother two masters. Since they could give the same price, he sold them all to the same family together.

Thanks to Pei Fu, the price was negotiated in advance. He only needed to sell at the ready-made price. One jin could sell for 0.5 yuan.

These fishing ribbonfish were all beautiful and fresh, and the size was also very large, especially uniform, almost all about one meter in length. There wouldn't be particularly large, nor particularly small. This was also the characteristic of fishing ribbonfish.

Unlike net ribbonfish, one net dragged up, the size varied.

This price could also be considered a high price. The people at the acquisition point were also saying that there hadn't been such a good price in the past. It was also because they saw that these were all fished, large and beautiful. If it were ordinary net ribbonfish, it would only be worth 0.2 or 0.3.

They weighed the sea urchins first. The harvest of sea urchins today was a bit more than yesterday because there were two more laborers.

Although they finished work at the same time, they just shared the number of times going into the water for everyone, but the quantity still increased a bit, reaching 5,425 jin, sold for 1,085 yuan in total.

When weighing the ribbonfish, the people at the network point also couldn't help but inquire, asking where these were fished, and how they fished so many? Never seen a fishing boat that could fish so many at once.

Simply unheard of, never seen.

Ye Yaodong also explained, saying he encountered a large school of fish. If there were no large school of fish, he couldn't catch such a large quantity.

Everyone was a bit suspicious. Unless using a fishing net to trawl and catch them all, otherwise, even if encountering a school of fish, how many longlines would have to be put down to catch so many? And this one was really without other miscellaneous fish.

When Pei Fu sold cargo in the previous wave, the people around were surprised enough. This time he brought back a larger quantity, and there were quite a few people gathered there to watch the fun when weighing.

This batch of cargo of his was much better than the pile of miscellaneous cargo brought back by those fishing boats.

Just the quantity, the cargo of several acquisition points combined didn't have as much as he salvaged, because there were no large boats docking. After all, this was just a small town.

However, some people also saw the messy longlines carried back by their deckhands. Looking at a fishing line full of hooks, it violated common sense. This also suddenly realized, and passed it around.

After weighing, and the money was in the bag, Ye Yaodong didn't care what others said.

The weight of those ribbonfish was weighed, totaling 7,310 jin. There were also 400-plus jin that had surface damage and weren't so beautiful. The price was discounted by half, only 0.25.

So just these ribbonfish, he sold for 6,230 * 0.5 + 425 * 0.25 = 3,221.25 yuan.

There were also jellyfish salvaged scattered, which also sold for 32.58. The quantity was more than yesterday's, and these were still after being divided with Ah Guang's side.

Jellyfish blood was taken back and boiled. After it was dried, it could sell for a good price when it accumulated more.

So in total, he earned 4,338.83 yuan today, and the actual cost spent was even lower, and the labor was even cheaper.

Ye Yaodong carried a large sum of money, walked out surrounded by the surrounding deckhands, and by the way, they also left two baskets of ribbonfish with damaged skin and carried them back together.

The locals around were discussing how much money he could sell for with so much cargo. He didn't respond to any of them, but they could roughly guess that there were a few thousand yuan. After all, the quantity was there, and the locals at the acquisition point wouldn't hide it for him.

He thought, fortunately they had many people, and basically gathered in the same area. Just the 30 people living in his area, and the surroundings were all their own people. Those with ideas had to weigh it.

It was still better to have more people go out together tomorrow, and have more people when returning to sell cargo. Many people are powerful, still a bit useful.

Until walking out of the pier, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Fortunately, no one rushed up to grab it, or fight. Scared me."

"This time point is all local fishermen returning to sell cargo. Hoodlums will only appear after hearing about it. It's not as mixed as big towns. Take more people out tomorrow."

"Yes, take more people to the pier to meet, and the fish cargo to be left back also has to hide two guns to prepare."

"No need to be afraid, we have many people, and we don't live far..."

Ye Yaodong appeased everyone who was like a frightened bird, "No need to worry too much. We stayed in this town last year. Most people still know us, and also know we have weapons in our hands, so we are not easy to provoke."

"That's also true."

Ye Yaodong changed the topic and asked his father, "I saw that there were 20-plus trawlers more at the pier today..."

"Chen Jianian and them arrived. I saw so many boats when I went back, and then asked the people who stayed behind. Everyone said they arrived at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and then they were also temporarily arranged to ask for places to live everywhere."

"I guessed it too. Otherwise, why would there suddenly be so many boats? The locals are also talking about it there."

"The boats he brought this trip are really not few. It's estimated that all those who are familiar and can recognize by turning corners are brought over. Counting them, there are also over a hundred people."

"More than us."

"Add the small boats, we have more than them."

"Are they all settled?"

"Heard the locals raised prices, but they had no way, so they could only pinch their noses and agree. Otherwise, there was no place to live. A bit further away from us. The places they rented last year were rented by our people this year."

"Oh, then be careful tomorrow. After settling down, they will probably go to the trench to check tomorrow."

"Yes, all from the same place. Each fishes their own. It's not yet the peak season, and the quantity is still scarce."

He changed the topic again and asked: "You came back one step earlier, did you buy the longline materials?"

"Not many. This small town has few ready-made goods. Without saying in advance, they didn't prepare much. Yesterday our two families took turns buying a batch, and Old Pei supplemented it in the afternoon. When I went, there wasn't much left. At most, do two more."

"Fine. Then do two more. Chen Jianian and them are all here. We probably can't fish for two days either."

"Also good to be a few days early."

They walked and talked. In a while, they also returned to the rental house. Ye Yaodong let everyone go to take a bath first, eat after washing, and he also returned to the room, locking the money sold today and yesterday into the password box together.

The rental house had no place to hide. They were all other people's houses, so the password box looked reliable. Anyway, he had to leave people to guard it every day.

Ye Fu followed into the room, watching him hide the money before asking: "Did it sell for 5,000 yuan in these two days?"

"Yes, over 5,000. See tomorrow, gather it to see if it can gather 10,000. I gave you the money advanced yesterday, and I'll give you the money advanced today together."

"No need. The money from selling cargo today is with me. I'll take it directly to buy."

"That's also fine. If there is any left, no need to give it to me. Keep it yourself. Are you going out to trawl tonight?"

"Can't just sit there. You don't need so many people on your side. Going out for a trip and earning dozens is also good."

"Then come back early tomorrow afternoon. Hmm... come back at noon. And then tomorrow afternoon, after I collect the longlines, I'll steer the boat back with Pei Shu first to sell, and by the way, rush to the bank before work ends to remit the money back."

"Good. It's not safe to keep so much money by your side. It's good to remit it back early."

"Yes."

Ye Fu also said beautifully: "Only out for two days and earned 5,000 yuan. Earn a bit tomorrow and can earn 10,000 yuan. It's really easy to earn. Looks like this trip can earn quite a lot of money, definitely earned more than last year."

"That's because of the bonus of these cargoes. If it were just jellyfish, it's really not certain. Chen Jianian brought twice as many boats this year as last year. Don't know how many days it can be salvaged."

"If there's nothing to salvage, you can still go underwater to salvage sea urchins. Don't worry about not having money to earn."

"Yes, see."

He still remembered that there would be a strong typhoon this year, just didn't quite remember which month it was. Coastal areas could have typhoons in October. Some were hard to say. If there was a typhoon, nothing could be done. ===== CHAPTER 1108 =====